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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
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Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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African History...
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a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
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a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Hundred Rabbits
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We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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The Philippine-American War: The US’s First “Vietnam”
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
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Again. In a manner of speaking.
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
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Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
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This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
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Power laws in criminal behavior
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
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At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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Papa To The Rescue.
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
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Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
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The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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How the CCP is Closing China
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How the CCP is Closing China
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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The End of Power Projection?
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We can't get there from here, anymore.
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” –...
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“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
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Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society?
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African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
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Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
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He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
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Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
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In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
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Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
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Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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They Say They Want Rearmament ....
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What Turned the Tide in the Battle of the Atlantic?
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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10 Charming Medieval Villages in Austria to Visit
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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